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Kwame Anyane-Yeboa, MD, Medical Genetics, Yorktown Heights, NY

KwameAnyane-YeboaMD(He/Him)

Medical Genetics Yorktown Heights, NY

Clinical Genetics

Emeritus Professor of Pediatrics at Columbia University Medical Center

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  • Office

    Yorktown Heights
    NY
    Yorktown Heights, NY 10598

Summary

  • Dr. Kwame Anyane-Yeboa is a medical geneticist in New York, NY and is affiliated with New York-Presbyterian Hospital. He received his medical degree from University of Ghana Medical School and has been in practice 45 years. He specializes in clinical genetics and is experienced in marfan syndrome, autism, developmental delays, ehlers-danlos syndrome, and sex-chromosome abnormalities.

Education & Training

  • New York Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia Campus)
    New York Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia Campus)Fellowship, Medical Genetics and Genomics, 1977 - 1980
  • Harlem Hospital Center
    Harlem Hospital CenterResidency, Pediatrics, 1974 - 1977
  • University of Ghana Medical School
    University of Ghana Medical SchoolClass of 1972
  • Prempeh College
    Prempeh CollegeNon Degree, Botany, Chemistry, Zoology and Physics, 1960 - 1967

Certifications & Licensure

  • NY State Medical License
    NY State Medical License 1977 - 2025
  • American Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics Clinical Genetics
  • American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • DSC Honorary University of Ghana, 2004
  • Top Doctors: New York Metro Area Castle Connolly, 2003-2014
  • America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2002-2014
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • New Diagnosis of Atypical Ataxia-Telangiectasia in a 17-Year-Old Boy with T-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia  
    Roohi, Jasmin; Crowe, Jennifer; Loredan, Denis; Anyane-Yeboa, Kwame; Mansukhani, Mahesh; Omesi, Lenore; Levine, Jennifer; Politi, Anya; Zha, Shan, Journal of Human Genetics, 1/26/2017
  • Diagnostic exome sequencing in children: A survey of parental experience and psychological impact  
    Wynn J, Ottman R, Duong J, Wilson AL, Ahimaz P, Martinez J, Rabin R, Rosen E, Webster R, Au C, Cho MT, Egan C, Guzman E, Primiano M, Shaw JE, Sisson R, Klitzman RL, Ap..., Clin Genet, 1/20/2017
  • Loss of function variants in NFIA GENE provide support that NFIA is the critical gene in 1p32-p31 deletion syndrome: A four patient series  
    Revah-Politi A, Ganapathi M, Bier L, Cho MT, Goldstein D, Hemati P, Iglesias A, Juusola J, Pappas J, Petrovski S, Wilson A, Aggarwal V, Anyane-Yeboa K, Am J Med Genet A, 1/1/2017
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Books/Book Chapters

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Abstracts/Posters

  • Expanding genotype and phenotype of MEIS2-related neurocristopathy.
    Gabriel Kupchik, Anya Revah-Politi, Nicholas Stong, Kwame Anyane-Yeboa, and David Goldstein, European Society of Human Genetics Meeting, Copenhagen, 1/27/2017
  • New Genes and Molecular Pathways Associated with Early Embryonic Brain Development Revealed by Next Generation Sequencing of Holoprosencephaly Cohort.
    S. Berger, K. Weiss, A. Martinez, B. Stokes, K. Anyane-Yeboa, R. Louie, J. Jones, A. Lichty, E. Prijoles, L. Walsh, J. Hogue, M. Stephan, H. Kayserili, N. Clegg, M. De..., American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG) Annual Clinical Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, 1/22/2017
  • A Case of Severe Intrauterine Growth Restriction, Multiple Congenital Anomalies and Dysmorphic Features with Homozygous Mutation in the LIG4 Gene.
    Karen Wou, K. Anyane-Yeboa, V. Aggarwal, Y. Demirdag; N. Stong, P. Hemati, D. Goldstein, American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG) Annual Clinical Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, 1/22/2017
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Lectures

  • New Advances in Genetic Testing 
    1/29/2013
  • Cytogenetics: Clinical aspects of common chromosome syndromes Part II 
    1/17/2013
  • Cytogenetics: Clinical aspects of common chromosome syndromes III 
    1/17/2013
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Other

  • Chromosome abnormality and its impact on mental retardation, infertility and cancer. 
    Anyane-Yeboa, K, University of Ghana Press
  • Who is at risk for cancer, diabetes, hypertension and other diseases? It's all in our genes. 
    Anyane-Yeboa, K, University of Ghana Press
  • Thy sins shall find thee out! Use of DNA in human identification and in tracking the origins of humans. 
    Anyane-Yeboa, K, University of Ghana Press

Press Mentions

  • Kwame Anyane-Yeboa, MD, Geneticist with NewYork-Presbyterian
    Kwame Anyane-Yeboa, MD, Geneticist with NewYork-PresbyterianSeptember 17th, 2019

Professional Memberships

  • American Society of Human Genetics
    Member
  • American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics
    Fellow